Trojans on usenet?

[hawkburn]

So I started using newsgroups again today. I went all out and got the Diamond Giganews account (unlimited bandwidth, 20 connections with SSL.) Anyway, I started using it to it's fullest extent, downloading some fairly new things.

Left my computer on for an hour while I ate, and came back to find that NOD32 had found a trojan while downloading. Now... the release I was downloading was from a fairly well known release group.

Do ya'll believe it actually was infact a trojan or rather it was the NOD32 heuristics setting off a false alarm?

Here's the alert NOD32 AMON (File monitor) gave me:
Threat: BAT/MkDirs.O Trojan (file was created by the newsreader, which obviously means it came from the download.) The only info I can find on the web is from some Asian websites and I can't read what it's saying.

So... you be the judge.

[DigitalJunkie]

At least, your NOD32 caught it, but no matter where you download, you should still be careful of viruses!

[DwarfBaby]

Use Newzbin. They verify results and give you abundant information on whatever file you are downloading. You still should be careful but this eliminates %99.9 of trojans, bogus files and password protected bull-shit. The best nzb site around.

PS you have to actually pay 50 cents a week to get the thing to work right but whats 50 cents a week.

[hawkburn]

Originally Posted by DwarfBaby

Use Newzbin. They verify results and give you abundant information on whatever file you are downloading. You still should be careful but this eliminates %99.9 of trojans, bogus files and password protected bull-shit. The best nzb site around.

PS you have to actually pay 50 cents a week to get the thing to work right but whats 50 cents a week.

I do use newzbin. Always have for as long as I've used newsservers. It was one of the movies off the nzb files.

[DwarfBaby]

Did you get the NZB that contained the trojan off of Newzbin or another site. I only ask because most other NZB sites are just Usenet search engines and only filter the most obvious viruses.

Anyways, there's a trojan going around on all networks disguised as movie involving a super-hero arachnid. I would be very careful downloading that particular flick.

[lonewolf30]

I use NZB and trust me, pick a good anti-virus software to check what you download. I picked up a Trojan about a month ago and JUST NOW got rid of it... it can be on any newsgroup so be careful. It's not just binaries...

[hawkburn]

Originally Posted by DwarfBaby

Did you get the NZB that contained the trojan off of Newzbin or another site. I only ask because most other NZB sites are just Usenet search engines and only filter the most obvious viruses.

Anyways, there's a trojan going around on all networks disguised as movie involving a super-hero arachnid. I would be very careful downloading that particular flick.

Nah it wasn't the superhero arachnid movie heh. I only download retail DVD rips, not TS or lower quality. (I work at a movie theatre so I can watch them for free.)

Anyway, yea it was a release off of newzbin that the nzb came off of.

[willow1976]

I was going to start using usenet soon, but this has put me off a bit. I have never had any problems with private trackers.

[meyou123]

Originally Posted by willow1976

I was going to start using usenet soon, but this has put me off a bit. I have never had any problems with private trackers.

Well you can get a virus on private BT trackers just as easily as you can on usenet. Matter of fact, usenet does not have the problems of viruses nearly as much as BT trackers both private and public.

[hawkburn]

Originally Posted by meyou123

Well you can get a virus on private BT trackers just as easily as you can on usenet. Matter of fact, usenet does not have the problems of viruses nearly as much as BT trackers both private and public.

Yea. Statistically usenet has a much lower infection rate. I probably just caught a random bug out there. I've caught many digital infections via files from bittorrent trackers (private, public, including TPB.) I never mention them because in fact I actually expected them.

I just never expected a trojan from usenet. I knew there was always a chance but...

[Fireinthedawn]

Ugh. Usenet is the perfect breeding ground for spreading trojans, there's pratically no way to remove an offending post.